The famous teenage vampire series author Stephenie Meyer has been sued by unpopular author Jordan Scott. The plaintiff, Scott, said Meyer stole ideas from her novel “The Nocturne” when she posted some passages online. The lawsuit was filed in Federal court in California. Scott argues that Meyer’s novel “Breaking Dawn” which was published in 2008 has the similarities in language, plot lines and characters. Fox example, she mentions both books contain passages of a wedding scene and an after wedding scene of sex at the beach. However, Meyer’s publishers defend her by arguing that the story lines in “Breaking Dawn” are more similar to Meyer’s previous vampire books in her series - especially “Twilight. “
I think, from the information available, the similarities claimed by Scott are more general and I wonder - what is the boundary on suing for copyright in this case? Only two similar facts have been mentioned. I would think there would have to be more similarities between the two books or the lawsuit is baseless. Meyer has published more vampire books in her series such as “Twilight”, “New Moon”, and “Breaking Dawn”. There are not enough specific similarities to make me think there is really evidence to support the lawsuit.
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